Leaf-hinge device for account registers



A. S. WELDY.

LEAF HINGE DEVICE FOR ACCOUNT REGISTERS.

APPLICATION FIL'ED FEB. 15. I918- Y LIU CIC L OI'Z 2 VMWJM ARTHUR s. WELDY, on cnEvnLAnn, OHIO.

LEAFrI-IINGE DEVICE FOR ACCOUNT REGISTERS.

Application filed February 15, 1918. Serial No. 217,301.

To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, ARTHUR S. VVELDY, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of: Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Leaf-Hinge Devices-for Account Registers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention herein disclosedrelates to account filing devices ofthe type employing a succession of leaves upon which leaves are carried by means of. spring clips or other devices, original account slips. In such devices these leaves are pivoted'to some sort of a supporting structure and are suitably mounted within a cabinet.

It. is, however, very desirable that the leaves carrying the account. slips be removable from the cabinet, in: order that they may be stored at night or at othertimes in a safe or other suitable receptacle, and in connectionwith this it is very desirable that. the leaves be capable of assuming a compacted arrangement so as to take up a minimum amount. of space.

This invention, therefore, has mainly to do with a construction upon which such leaves as have heretofore been described may. be mounted, the construction proposed beingcomposed of parts which may be relatively moved so that the structure may be compacted.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described, which is simple in" construction, comparatively low in its cost of manufacture, and efiicient for its purpose.

Generally speaking, the invention may be said to comprise the elements and the combinations thereof set forth in the accompanying claims.

Reference should be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing a device'embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a side elevation with portions in section showing the manner in which the device of'my invention is assembled with respect to the account-slips holding leaves of an account cabinet, and a support for the device of my invention in an account cabinet; Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of the device of my" invention; and Fig. 4 shows in elevation'a link forming a portion of the device of my invention.

Referring to Fig. 1,there is shown a construction embodying a plurality of parts which are intended and adapted to support a plurality of leaves of an account register, and also a plurality of links which serve as connectorsbetweenthe parts which directly support the leaves.

The parts of the structure which have thus been described are mounted upon suitable supports along which they may slide.

It will be obviousthat more or less supporting parts may be employed without in any manner departing from the spirit of this invention.

The leaf supporting links are indicated at" 1, each link comprising a top portion 2, and'portions 3 which extend at substantially right" angles with respect to the portions 2. The end parts of the top portion 2 of each link are severed and turned at right angles to form ears such as indicated'at 4:. These ears are provided with holes or openings 5 which. are adapted to accommodate hinging pins 6 whichare aifixed to the leaves 7 of the account register: It will be apparent that this construction permits an easy pivotal mounting of each leaf of the account register. I v

In order toholdithe leaves from'dropping forward 'and to return the leaves to initial position after having been pulled forward as required in the normal operation of the accounting device to which this invention relates, I provide coiledsprings- 6 which normally surround each pin: 6; One end of each spring bears upon an adjacent portion of the link upon which the spring is mounted, while the other end is formed with an arm or extension 6 which engages a leaf 7 as clearly shown in the drawings.

Between adjacent links 1 there are in verted links 8, these links being channelshaped members havinga bottom and upstanding sides. The links 8 are assembled with respect to the links 1 so that one of the downturned portions 3 of adjacent links 1 lie within the upstanding walls of a link 8.

Each of the links is provided with aligned openings such as indicated at 9 in Fig.1, and there are two sets of such aligned-openings, and through each set of openings there extends a bar or rod 10. Each bar 10 is fastened to the end link of the construction by any suitable means, as indicated at 11 openings in the links and slightly beyond the same so that when the links are in their extended position, as shownin the drawings, the bars or rods will extend through the openings in the links and will prevent the links from becoming entirely separated.

The links 1 are held to each other by means of the links 8 which, of-course, limits the separating movement between the links 1.

It will be apparent that the links 1 may be moved toward each other and into contact with each other, as indicated in Fig. 3, .and whenthis condition obtains the links 8 are also moved into contact with each'other. This movement of the links is permitted due to the fact that they may slide upon the bars or rods 10.

Adjacent the end of each rod 10, a pin 11 is inserted to extend through the rod and bear against an inner wall of a link 1, when the links are in their extended position. This pin limits the movement of the rod 10 with respect to the links. In moving the links to their compacted position, it is necessary to provide a' means for the pin 11 to pass through the adjacent wall of the link 8 which is in the path of the pin 11. In order s to accommodate the pin, the wall of the link I with the eyes 12 at the ends of the rods 10 specified is provided with an upright slot 9 whichextends transversely of the slot 9 in thesaid link. The pin-11 can thus slide through the opening or slot 9 and thereby permit the easy sliding of the rods 10 with respect to the links carried by them.

' lVhen the structure is placed in an account cabinet, the ends of the rods 10 may be secured upon suitable devices which engage which will holdthe link structure in its extended position. Also the cabinet will provide a support 13 upon which the link structure may rest.

In removing the structure from the cabinet, the pins or rods 12 are removed, which will permit the linkstructure to collapse and become condensed, in which condition it may scribed, a plurality of leaf supporting links,

each of said links being provided with-upturned ears adapted to pivotally support a leaf, said links being provided withflanges, connecting links faced in an opposite direction with respect to the leaf supporting links, said connecting links being provided with flanges which overlap flanges on adjacent links of the leaf supporting links, aligned openings formed in the flanged por tions of the said links, and a rod passing through the said aligned openings whereby the links may slide upon the rod to assume an extended or compacted position, and means for limiting the movement of the rod with respect to'the links.

2., In an apparatus of the character described, a plurality of leaf supportin links each of said links being provide flangesalong their edges, said links also having upturned ears adapted to pivotally support the aforesaid leaves, connector links assuming the shape of channel-shaped members the being faced in an opposite direction with respect to the leaf supporting links, the side portions of each of the channel-sha ed members overlapping and engaging'a jawith said channel-shaped members cent flanges upon adjacent leaf supporting links, a plurality of series of aligned open ings in the flange portions of the said links,

and rods extending throughsaid series of aligned openings whereby the links may slide to an e'xtendedor compacted position,

ARTHUR s. WEILDYY. 

